Noël Noël

For the French actor and screenwriter, see Noël-Noël.

Noël Noël
Written by	Martin Barry
Directed by	Nicola Lemay
Narrated by	Leslie Nielsen Benoît Brière
Music by	Daniel Scott
Country of origin	Canada
Original languages	English French
Production
Producers	Marc Bertrand Jean-Jacques Leduc Marcy Page
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Teletoon
Original release
Network	Teletoon
Release	December 13, 2003 (2003-12-13)

Noël Noël is a 22-minute animated short produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 2003 as a Christmas special. It was directed by Nicola Lemay and written by Martin Barry. The English-language version was adapted by John Weldon and narrated by Leslie Nielsen.[1][2] The original French-language version was narrated by Benoît Brière.[3]

Awards for the film included the Prix Gémeaux for Best Animated Program or Series and an Award of Excellence in the category of Animation age 6 - 8 from the Alliance for Children and Television.[1]

In the United States, the short aired on Cartoon Network.

Plot

Billionaire businessman Noel Noël is rich but rude. He falls for a fairy named Beatrice, and tries to win her love with material gifts before learning the true meaning of love from a little girl named Zoey Murphy, her dog Snooze, and a blue-eyed reindeer.[4]

See also

• List of Christmas films

References

1. "Noël Noël". Film collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
2. Lenburg, Jeff (2006). Who's who in animated cartoons: an international guide to film & television's award-winning and legendary animators. Hal Leonard. pp. 352–53. ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7.
3. "Noël Noël". Notre collection (in French). National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
4. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 219. ISBN 9781476672939.

External links

• Noël Noël at IMDb
• Watch Noël Noël in English and French at NFB.ca